List of the 100 Glebelands residents killed since 2014

5th December 2017 Mzi VelapiCrime, Durban, Political violence 0

2014

	DATE	NAME	INCIDENT LOCATION	CAUSE OF DEATH
1.	13 March	Zinakile Fica	Isipingo SAPS offices	Tortured (suffocated) by police
2.	April – exact date unknown	Bheki Khumalo	MegaCity, Umlazi V-Section	Shot
3.	1 May	Unknown hostel resident	Glebelands	Shot
4.	1 May	Unknown hostel resident	Glebelands	Shot
5.	2 May	Unknown hostel resident	Glebelands	Shot
6.	3 May	Unknown hostel resident	Block 50, Glebelands	Shot
7.	May – exact date unknown	Venge Zoleka	Block 46, Glebelands	Shot
8.	May – exact date unknown	Unknown resident	Road below Block S, Glebelands	Shot
9.	May – exact date unknown	Unknown resident	Glebelands	Shot
10.	23 June	Sandile Mtheshane	Near Glebelands	Shot
11.	June – exact date unknown	Zamokafikhe Nzimande	Glebelands	Shot
12.	June – exact date unknown	Xolisile Nkosiyabo	Block 56, Glebelands	Shot
13.	June – exact date unknown	Unknown resident	Glebelands	Shot
14.	20 July	Vusi Ngema	Near Glebelands tennis courts	Shot
15.	July – exact date unknown	Unknown resident	Glebelands	Shot
16.	July – exact date unknown	Rasta Shinga	Griffiths Mxenge Highway, below Block B	Shot
17.	25 or 26 or 27 August	Sifiso Mngadi	Griffiths Mxenge Highway, near Glebelands	Shot
18.	4 September	Thothenhle Shinga	Griffiths Mxenge Highway, near Glebelands	Shot
19.	6 September	Thandiwe Ntombela	Near Block S, Glebelands, died in hospital	Shot
20.	21 September	Gcina Mchunu	JPS Primary School, Umlazi V Section	Shot
21.	Sept – exact date unknown	Unknown resident	Block N, Glebelands	Shot

2015

22.	16 January	Phumlani Ndlovu	Near Block 40, Glebelands	Shot
23.	15 February	Fikile Siyephu	Block 49, Glebelands	Shot
24.	25 March	Simeko Nhlela	Glebelands, died later in hospital	Shot
25.	27 March	Siniko Ncayiyana	Block 40, Glebelands	Shot
26.	2 April	Fikile Jumbile	Glebelands entrance below blocks B and D	Shot
27.	10 April	Thulani Kathi	MegaCity taxi rank, Umlazi V Section	Shot
28.	18 May	Sipho Ndovela	Umlazi Magistrate’s Court entrance	Shot
29.	20 May	Sphamandla Hlongwane	Block C, Glebelands	Shot
30.	22 May	Bongani Khathi	Block D, Glebelands	Shot
31.	25 May	Unknown resident	Madala Stairs area, Glebelands	Shot
32.	27 May	Tutu Albert ‘Dlamini’ Vilibani	Wanda Cele Road, below Block 49, Glebelands	Stabbed
33.	29 May	Ke Nikwe ‘Bhakabhaka’	Outside Jeena’s Supermarket	Shot
34.	5 June	Themba Pina	Chester Butchery, Umbilo	Shot
35.	11 June	Vele Ndebele	Outside Lamontville Community Hall, Gwala St	Shot
36.	14 July	Nkosinathi Ndovela	Bus stop below Madala Stairs, Glebelands	Shot
37.	19 July	Thandayiphe ‘Chaka’ Cwele	Ezimbuzeni entrance, Glebelands	Shot
38.	27 July	Ntlo Sigweba	Between Block 48 and 49, Glebelands	Shot
39.	3 August	Mzwakhe Gwala	Block 48, Glebelands	Shot
40.	15 August	Cyprian Mzokhona Ngwekazi	Track leading to Block R	Shot
41.	12 September	William Mthembu	Montclair Shopping Centre	Shot
42.	12 September	Thokozani Machi	Montclair Shopping Centre	Shot
43.	3 October	Bongani Hlophe	Room 24, Block 52, Glebelands	Shot
44.	3 October	Bandile Cele/Ngcobo	Room 24, Block 52, Glebelands	Shot
45.	11 October	Unknown resident (child)	Petrol bomb attack at Block Y	Burned/smoke inhalation
46.	11 October	Unknown resident (father of child)	Died in hospital after Block Y petrol bomb attack	Smoke inhalation
47.	25 October	‘Ngo’ Yongama	Near Block 53, died later in hospital	Shot
48.	27 October	Unknown male	Near Block R	Shot
49.	2 November	Unknown resident	Between Block 45 and Reunion Entrance, Glebelands	Shot
50.	6 November	Richard Mbona	Near Ezimbuzeni entrance, Glebelands	Shot
51.	7 November	Frank Khuzwayo	Block S, Glebelands, died next day in hospital	Shot
52.	12 November	Bongani Mthembu	Near Block R garage	Shot
53.	14 November	Mthintheni Mhlongo	Entrance to Block K, Glebelands	Shot
54.	1 December	Mlinyelwa ‘Majola’ Gobidolo	Outside Chief’s Tavern, Reunion entrance, Glebelands	Shot
55.	11 December	Makhosi Zide	Near informal settlement next to MegaCity	Shot

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2016

56.	25 February	Ntozakhe (surname)	Reunion taxi rank, Reunion entrance, Glebelands	Shot
57.	15 March	Mduduzi ‘Gumede’ Nkosinathi Qwabe	Reunion entrance, Glebelands	Shot
58.	24 March	Sphamandla Cele	Between Blocks 50 and 51, Glebelands	Shot
59.	26 March	LL Mtwa	Block 51, Glebelands	Shot
60.	28 March	Unknown resident	Died in hospital after injuries sustained on 24 or 26 March	Shot
61.	13 April	Nkosiyezwe Dumakude	Block I, Glebelands	Shot
62.	16 April	Zodwa Sibiya	Block L, Glebelands	Shot
63.	16 April	Mngcobothi (surname)	Harding	Stress-induced illness
64.	19 June	Vumile Luthuli	Near Block 56, Glebelands	Stabbed
65.	18 July	Bongani Sikhosana	Harding	Shot
66.	7 November	Nkosinathi Shezi	Prince Mcwayizeni Rd, near Glebelands entrance	Shot
67.	27 November	‘Dlamini’ Kheshwa	Pietermaritzburg Hospital	Stress-induced illness
68.	1 December	Alwyn ‘Ace’ Houston	Harding	Shot
69.	11 December	Zibusele ‘Tshabalala’ Armstrong Khuzwayo	Block 49, Glebelands	Hanging (suspicious ‘suicide’)
70.	22 December	Unknown resident	Block E, Glebelands	Shot

2017

71.	26 January	Mthandeni Sigwaza	Wema Hostel taxi rank, Umlazi	Shot
72.	28 January	Akhona Ngxokana	Next to Block 50, Glebelands	Shot
73.	3 February	Mlungisi Cele	MegaCity robots, near Glebelands, Umlazi V Section	Shot
74.	9 February	Sthembiso Nonganga	Block R, Glebelands	Shot
75.	15 February	Ndobeko Sukude	Block S, Glebelands	Shot
76.	15 February	Unborn child of Andiswa Ncayiyana	Ncayiyana was shot in stomach during same incident	Abortion of injured foetus
77.	27 February	Thobani Ngcobo	Between Blocks 43 and 49, Glebelands	Shot
78.	10 March	Unknown female	Rural areas outside Harding	Shot
79.	10 March	Unknown community member	Rural areas outside Harding	Shot
80.	10 March	Unknown community member	Rural areas outside Harding killed in same incident	Shot
81.	11 March	Ncayiyana (surname)	Between Blocks M1 and M2, Glebelands	Shot
82.	1 or 2 April	Unknown community member	Zwelimbomvu	Shot
83.	1 or 2 April	Unknown community member	Zwelimbomvu, killed in same incident	Shot
84.	1 or 2 April	Unknown community member	Zwelimbomvu, killed in same incident	Shot
85.	1 or 2 April	Unknown community member	Zwelimbomvu, killed in same incident	Shot
86.	6 April	Nkosinathi Richie	Qeda Bizana	Stress-induced illness
87.	18 May	Unknown former resident	Smith Street, Durban city centre	Shot
88.	3 June	Taxi driver for Clr Sithenjwa Nyawose’s son	Next to Block O, Glebelands	Shot
89.	13 June	Sthembiso (first name)	Block S, Glebelands	Shot
90.	26 July	Mluleki ‘Boni’	Mdletshe Block P, Glebelands	Shot
91.	26 July	Sibongile Ma	Mtshali Block 46, Glebelands	Shot
92.	3 August	Unknown woman	Block 48, Glebelands	Shot
93.	8 August	Xolani (first name)	Near Glebelands tennis courts	Shot
94.	22 August	Ngobe Mbatha	Block 50, Glebelands	Shot
95.	20 October	Bongani Mntaka	Block K, Glebelands	Shot
96.	25 – 29 Sept, exact date unknown	Block 42, Glebelands	Stabbed
97.	5 November	Gingqi Ntsalabaka	Bizana	Stress-induced illness
98.	5 November	Mntaka (surname – relative of victim 95)	Near Glebelands tennis courts	Shot
99.	7 November	Musa Ndimande	Block 52, Glebelands	Shot
100.	7 November	Mbatha Ntaka	Block 52, Glebelands, killed during same incident	Shot

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